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I then heard a big sound outside, we both did, one that made us shiver. It frightened351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlo4258BblF
me deeply and as much as I wished it to be just the one scare, it was not to be.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUzmGAX9ZTR
“It has begun.” He confessed rather calmly as if he was already expecting it.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjFC4WvXzmh
Many more terrible sounds soon followed, screams and other noises of terror just351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHl9iF8mfO3
outside that room, and as my eyes began rummaging in a most panicky manner, he351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGqI3AU20O7
placed his hands on my cheeks and stared right at me: “It’s alright.” He reassured me351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqs53oYI1Qf
“This is intended, you understand? It is according to the plan.” He was staring at me351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1mMf1MTOdR
with deep concern, but there was no lie in his words.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7E9pCLgsr5
“What is happening?” I reluctantly asked, “What is this place?” I felt like I was351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzjcLgcB4dZ
finally able to understand myself for the most part, or at least most of my spoken351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9tIXAaHDvo
words were now sounding just like my thoughts before I voiced them. “Please?”351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsiAkM8KwbU
I insisted ...351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb0YrwY1lNv
“We don’t have much time for this,” Those hoarse words pushed through between351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo7F3JvDRzq
nervous breaths, and it seemed I could now understand them without too much351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6STGy7cukz
impediment “but you have just been awakened ... or born, if you will.”351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiArKR4j52B
“I don’t understand,” I begged for more as he turned his back to me to begin those351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFCCJgJbRA3
rushed preparations, and when I was about to insist, he spoke to me some more.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5D2DjkJAnl
“You were born into this world - born, the word born, you already know the351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV46Jg11p8r
meaning?”351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDqKK7lMn3K
“Yes ...”351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy0CbIZIc13
“Yes, of course, you do.” He responded with a smile before continuing, “Either way,351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡupCOFvlWxq
you were born into it or perhaps brought here from another; not even I know for sure351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv4ZMFWo0eD
which one applies more correctly. Not even after so many... Anyway, I know you are to351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI5xjYLU8dz
be charged with bearing most of this world’s responsibility.”351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6CMn7ibpUa
“Charged?” I asked.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZoOhIvXpWi
“Yes charged, and by none other than yourself. But first, we need to get you out of351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLVhsBqXWiW
here. We must deliver you somewhere safe.” He stopped to look straight at me “I know351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIM9ZoU0OCc
you have so many questions, but it is imperative that you save them for later.”351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVO35QYFdpo
“You must put your trust in me, you understand? You must trust me and be patient.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGTlN0f6PWw
Time itself will tell you all that you might want to know right now and then some. Just351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuQdELA3B1p
wait.” He turned again to resume those rushed preparations; “I take it that it will not351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNIfUrZneYw
be long before I am the one turning to you for some answers. For now, just be patient351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4leJUq8yj5
and do what I ask of you.”351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxxLEIvwVoo
“What am I? How can I have learned this much already, and so fast?” I stopped for351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhwJLc6K3oF
a moment, and then looked him in the eye: “And how can I know that is not normal?”351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEJLwo6kiMA
“Not a what, but a who.” He replied while turning away from me but still, likely351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSKzFbfTT1D
against his wishes, I felt that those words were brought forth in a somewhat vague and351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGYOKDO4kHJ
unassertive manner.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgbYe9xEh1m
“Who then...” I could not help but be distracted by all that was raging on just outside351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDwFLyAKmq6
that room; the several noises rampaging all around, those constant screams escorted351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgGovb00Oc6
now by other gruesome sounds of violence. I tightly shut my eyes for a moment, in351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoRLwjO1ikG
the hopes that somehow it would all go away, and then looked at him again. I found351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS1XcxNqKnc
comfort in that even if he himself seemed desperate to finish gathering all sorts of351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiE9fyPM6XV
things from those silvered tables, he too seemed afraid. “Who then?” I was so hoping351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRPOYNZFetC
he would cave, if just for a moment, but no such luck.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoP2duQVBag
So, I just sat there, completely free from any physical bonds but with my feelings351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj8SyDYnD2s
still tying me to that bed. I remained still, watching him pack those last things with351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQxcdtY6R3p
great haste: all sorts of papers and the tools to inscribe on them, some food, and a few351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDZbgy9C7D0
other utensils too that I could not yet recognize.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzCdwjv4ZiJ
I felt so inclined to ask him again, but before I managed to assemble the required351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPErLDTn68D
words, I got hit in the head, something fierce!351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡexrRrucfkO
A presentiment, a quick vision of a clap of thunder cutting through heavy rain and,351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrIoZ88TGV0
amidst it all, some sort of airship struggling through it. Could that have been just a351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuPsj50cnqz
random trick of my imagination or the thunderclap of catastrophe? What was that?351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡykYP7p3tVB
It felt so...351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7wv1C2ItGZ
A premonition perhaps, or a distorted perception of my unknown present?351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgK5iR8elqR
Surprised I looked at him only for my doubts to be met with a wry grin.
